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MuB 745 CSAI I, 91


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

On the second face bḥ can be read, the ending of the word mḏbḥ; the beginning of
which is carved on MuB 747=CSAI I, 93. As in the case of MuB 680+748 and MuB 746, this word is not contemporary to the main inscription.

TEXT

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   1  ʾlqwm bn →Dymn ḏ-ʾḥrb→n hqny ʾn—
   2  by b-ʿm w-→(b)-ʾnby w-b ḏ→t-Ḥmym w-b-
   3  S²hr w-b-
   4  Wtrʾl

Apparatus
1CSAI I, 91: ʾḥrbn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾlqwm son of Dymn ḏ-ʾḥrb dedicated to ʾn-
   2  by; by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ḏt Ḥmym and by
   3  S²hr and by
   4  Wtrʾl.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBayḥān, Museum, 745
Support typeArtefact » Altar
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. of the altar 150; h. 24.9, w. 21.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple
NotesThe inscription was found near the northern gate.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach et al. 2001: 57-58, pl. 20, 22-24Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101.